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☀️ Morning digest on July 12

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest on July 12 ảnh 1

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Vietnam alwaysattaches importance to its traditional friendship and comprehensive partnershipwith Argentina, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

☀️ Morning digest on July 12 ảnh 2PM Pham Minh Chinh (right) receives Argentinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Santiago Andres Cafiero (Photo: VNA)

While receiving the Argentinean Minister of Foreign Affairs,International Trade and Worship, Santiago Andrés Cafiero, in Hanoi on July 11,PM Chinh said Vietnam has always treasured and remembered the solidarity andtraditional friendship that the Argentinean people reserved for theirVietnamese counterparts in the past struggle for national liberation and thecurrent cause of national construction, reflected by the ArgentineanGovernment’s donation of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam inNovember 2021. Read full story

- The EuropeanUnion (EU) wants to import tropical agricultural products from Vietnam, EUCommissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Deputy Prime Minister LeVan Thanh in Hanoi on July 11.

Wojciechowski, who is on his first visit to Vietnam as the EUCommissioner for Agriculture, said the EU is investing in some projects onsustainable and smart agriculture in the Southeast Asian nation. Read full story

- Thai retailerCentral Retail Corporation has unveiled a five-year plan to invest more than 30billion THB (829.34 million USD) to expand its operations in Vietnam.

☀️ Morning digest on July 12 ảnh 3Central Retail is running commercial centres and stores in 40 provinces and cities (Photo: VNA)

Olivier Langlet, Chief Executive Officer of Central RetailVietnam, said between 2022 and 2026, Central Retail Vietnam aims to become amulti-channel platform and the leading food and commercial centre business inVietnam, raising its revenue to 100 billion THB, and expanding its operationsin 55 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces. Read full story

- More than 17.57trillion VND (748 million USD) was mobilised via 31 government bond (G-bond)auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in June, up 67.2%month-on-month.

Of which, the State Treasury raised over 15.27 trillion VND,while the rest by the Bank for Social Policies. Read full story

- To deal withfuel prices, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) justproposed raising air service prices on domestic routes tothe Ministry of Transport (MoT).

In a recent proposal sent to MoT, CAAV asked for a reductionin environmental protection and import taxes on jet fuels, and an increase inservice fees on domestic routes. Read full story

- The Ministry ofPublic Security is investigating nine people in seven cities and provinces forspreading rumors saying Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup, a privateconglomerate, had been banned from travelling abroad.

Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of the Office andSpokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said on July 11 that theauthorised forces have verified and transferred the information of one of thenine people, To Vi Hoan, a 38-year-old man in Hanoi, to the municipalDepartment of Information and Communications. Read full story

- The beauty contestMiss Tourism Vietnam 2022 has been officially launched to look for beautifulwomen who can spread positive messages about the country both locally andinternationally.

☀️ Morning digest on July 12 ảnh 4Miss Tourism Vietnam 2008 Phan Thi Ngoc Diem (Photo courtesy of the organisers)

The contest was first organised in 2008 when the crown wentto Phan Thi Ngoc Diem./. Read full story

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